What do you understand by ‘microhistory’? Describe the historians and their works related to this

Описание: MHI-03 HISTORIOGRAPHY
Course Code: MHI-03
Assignment Code: MHI-03/AST/TMA/2024-25
Total Marks: 100
Note: Attempt any five questions. The assignment is divided into two Sections ‘A’ and ‘B’.
You have to attempt at least two questions from each section in about 500 words each.
All questions carry equal marks.
Section-1
1. What is objectivity? What role does the interpretation play in history-writing? 20
2. What do you understand by ‘microhistory’? Describe the historians and their works related to
this tradition of history-writing. 20
3. Discuss the distinctive features of Greco-Roman historiography. 20
4. Who are considered to be the founders of the Annales School of historiography? Discuss their
works. 20
5. Describe the important features of Indo-Persian tradition of history-writing during the Sultanate
period 20
Section-2
6. Write a note on the Marxist historiography in the West after Second World War. 20
7. Compare the colonial historiography in India with the nationalist historiography. 20
8. What do you understand by the term ‘History from Below’? Discuss with particular reference to
Indian historiography. 20
9. Write a note on the feminist historiography in India. 20
10. Write short notes in about 250 words each on any two of the
following: 10+10
a) Generalisation
b) Different Views on Indian Renaissance
c) Early Indian history-writing
d) Postmodernism and History-writing. For Assignments and recorded lectures: Drop a message on WhatsApp at +91 9009368238

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